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News Insomniac Tease Their Latest Project, "A Lot Of Potential"
Those of you who follow one of our favourite development houses, Insomniac Games, closely will know that the studio have just recently opened a second development house in North Carolina
The new team of 20 employees are apparently hard at work on a playable build of their new project. Speaking on the Full Moon Show, community manager Bryan Intihar...
News GamesCom 09: Media Molecule To Announce Updated User Profiles, New Levels & Music Packs
We know Media Molecule are going to announce something at Sony's GamesCom conference on Tuesday
According to their official podcast, we have basis to believe the announcement will somehow involve the new Leerdammer update. Discussing the possibility of improved user profiles, an LBP staffer confirmed that such an update was "imminent" and...
News Playstation 3 Can Detect You Laughing In Patent
The above patent filed by Sony aims to predict the users mood
As shown in the patent, the Playstation Eye is detecting laughter and smiles from the user. The patent notes other emotions: sadness, excitement, anger, joy, interest, and boredom. Much like Microsoft's Natal, we're struggling to think of a genuine use for something akin to this. While...
News Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Coming To Europe Next Month
The game crowned with the longest acronym in the world - HIOP,B
WDIDTDT?</a> - is coming to Europe. The game is mixture of RPG, simulation and tower-defense. Naturally for such a mixed title a demo is warranted, which will hit the Playstation Store on September 3rd; the full game coming thereafter.
News MAG Launches January 26th, 2010 In The USA
There you have it then folks
We've been speculating for weeks on the will they, won't they nature of MAG and the confirmation is in. The game won't go up against Modern Warfare 2. With Sony already accumulating a busy 2009 schedule, we'd pondered where MAG were slot into things, especially with that other shooter coming out late in the year...
News Valve Not Enamoured With The Playstation 3 In Any Way, Newell "Sorry"
As one of the world's most renowned development houses we find it pretty shocking to hear Valve consistently talk about the Playstation 3 like it's a challenge to their mighty development skills
Perhaps the system isn't indeed worth their time, but there is money to made on Playstation 3 (we'd buy Left 4 Dead) and we find it surprising they don't...
News Sony @ GamesCom 09: What To Reasonably Expect
The week of another massive games convention is upon us
Sony are scheduled to show up at the event next week and deliver a press conference on Tuesday 18th at 7:00PM CET. But what can we reasonably expect from the event? We look past the hype to deliver our expectations for Sony at GamesCom 2009. PS3 Slim With so many rumours in the Playstation 3...
News Five Minutes Of Uncharted 2 Singleplayer Footage Ends On A Cliff Hanger; Features Elena
Oh man
This Uncharted 2: Among Thieves footage has gone and whet our appetite all over again. As part of 1Up's week-long Uncharted special they have managed to acquire this footage from the game, depicting Elena, Chloe and Drake's traverse through a storm ridden environment with an injured friend. Breathtaking stuff.
News Korean Girls Making Huge Playstation Sand Sculpture Is Of The Highest Importance
These Korean girls made this giant Playstation sand sculpture
They rock.
News Sony Reckon The Playstation 3 Is "Just Getting Warmed Up"
Responding to the July NPD figures that were released last night, Sony have concluded they are "just getting warmed up
"When you compare all the features against other industry offerings, there is no doubt that the PlayStation 3 provides the most complete entertainment system on the market today right out of the box, said the firm in a...
News Some PSP Go Games Are Going To Be Very, Very, Very Cheap
With Sony positioning the PSP Go directly against the likes of the iPhone (perhaps moreso than their closest handhald gaming rival the DSi), it makes sense to offer some super cheap content
Like, $0.99 cheap. Perhaps offering credence to a PSP Go app store rumour, PocketGamer are reporting that Sony are to release a bunch of PSP Go titles at the 1,...
News Uncharted: Drake's Fortune & SOCOM: Confrontation Go Greatest Hits In The USA
Fancy picking up new copies of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune or SOCOM: Confrontation? Hell yeah you do
Especially if you're yet to play them. Thank goodness for Sony's "Greatest Hits" collection which will entitle you to pick up either game for the lowly cost of $29.99. With Uncharted 2 literally around the corner, if you're yet to play the...
News IGN Back Handedly Announce Another (Yes, Another) Playstation 3 Game
Those of you who listened to this weeks IGN Podcast Beyond will have picked up on a little snippet of conversation between the site's Greg Miller and Chris Roper hinting at yet another Playstation 3 game
20:26 Greg Miller: I went on a secret Sony mission yesterday; I saw a bunch of their games. There's a lot of stuff going on.28:53 Chris Roper: I...
News Confirmed: Drake's Shirt To Be Three Quarter-Tucked
One of the most famous characteristics of the Nathan Drake character from the original Uncharted was the half-tucked nature of his shirt
But what about the sequel? How can you better half-tucked? Three quarter-tucked of course! As we discovered in a recent 1up interview, Drake is to have his shirt positioned a little differently this time. Speaking...
News KMart Flyer "Prints" Playstation 3 Slim, Uses NeoGAF Mockup, Mystery Solved
The mystery thickens
Or it does until NeoGAF are involved. Cue American retailer KMart's latest flyer. According to this skaky cam photograph it includes a listing of Sony's "new" Playstation 3 Slim for just $299.99. The unconvincing thing? They're using the, now famous, NeoGAF mock-up as their product image. Thankfully, not content with...
News Ratchet & Clank Action Figure Preorders Begin Over At Amazon
So these Ratchet & Clank Action Figures are not cheap, but they're still frigging awesome
There are four bundles available at $19.99 each. There's standard Ratchet with a Transforming Clank, Dr. Nefarious with Zoni, Armored Ratchet with Mr. Zurkon, and Captain Qwark with Scrunch. Qwark please! The figures are due to roll out on December 9th so...
This guy managed to get Dualshock 2 control on his PSP, as proved via this - somewhat dodgy - hardware alteration
Having Dualshock 2 control totally enables two analogue sticks. It also makes his system like, 100% less portable. Hurrah! Honestly, we know they do awesome stuff, but we'll never understand the PSP modding community.
News IGN Go Hands On With The PSP Go, Sell Us Even Further
We can't wait for October 2nd
It's no secret that we have an office PSP Go preordered. We ordered shortly after it was announced. We can't wait. Alas, that doesn't mean we aren't up to justifying our purchase that bit more, and while this video from IGN doesn't tell us anything new, we're simply awe-struck by how good the system looks. Initially,
News Sony Extend Trophy Functionality For American Whores
Hey American trophy whores
Guess what? SCEA are implementing the trophy features currently available on the European Playstation website to the ol' USA this week. The update comes with a "live-update" image of player's current trophy roster. The image will update automatically via Sony's background programming magic and will be embeddable...
News You're Totally Going To Get Preorder Bonuses For PSP Downloads
Something we have been pondering in the comments section for a while here at PushSquare are PSP preorder bonuses
With bonuses seemingly the standard for every release these days, and PSP games getting in on the action, how are us PSP Go owners going to reap the benefit of extra content for our purchasing loyalty. Sony are on hand to let us know...
News UK Playstation 3 Shipment Is Cut Off, We Wonder Why?
Anonymous spokes-people from the UK have confirmed that Playstation 3 consoles have all but dried up
We can't possibly comment on why. One source claimed that "sourcing Playstation 3 stock has been a challenge for three weeks". Sony have informed retailers that further shipments would arrive in late August/early September. GamesCom it is...
News MAG Beta Enrollment Begins
Some of you lucky people (read: not us - Ed) might have a tantalising email in your inbox right now
It's headed with the words "MAG" and ends with "Public Beta". Check your emails. We'll wait. Ok, so we're assuming those of you that got that email probably won't be paying much attention to the rest of this post. For those of you...
News Is Medievil III Coming To The Playstation 3, Sony Cambridge Are Up To Something
Oh Sony Cambridge
We've heard speculation off the grapevine that you're up to something. We know you're working on LittleBigPlanet PSP and Play TV. Anything else you'd like to tell us about? You're employing? Oh really — for an "unannounced Playstation 3 title"? Is it Medievil III by any chance? ... Ok, so we're just speculating but...
News GamesCom 09: Sony To Unveil PSN Video Store In Europe
It's not quite E3 hype, but we're getting very excited about Sony's GamesCom conference next week in Germany
Not only is the thing scheduled to run a decent length of time, there are also likely to be announcements on the PS3 Slim among others. One such thing to be announced - the much anticipated European video store. If you're in the US you may...
News Sony Europe Blame Publishers For PSN Game Delays
We know how annoying it is when a game is due out on the European PSN but never comes
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was a perfect example. Speaking openly on the Playstation Blog, Sony's Angela Madronero tried to clear some of those issues up. Talking about first party titles, Angela claimed, "We know how important this is to you, and...
News Gorgeous Gran Turismo Collector's Edition Revealed
If ever there was a reason not to buy downloadable versions of games, well this would rate pretty darn highly
See, we'd had it in our minds that our non-office copies of Gran Turismo PSP would be lovely little downloads on our shiney new PSP Gos. Then we saw the above. There are no real details for any extras the edition provides. Just the boxshot...
News Hong Kong Magazine Is All Like, "PS3 Slim Launching Next Month"
This is the cover of Hong Kong magazine GameWave
Notice that terrible mock-up of how a PS3 Slim could look? Yeah, well the text next to it is all like, "Slim PS3 appears at the end of the month." Supreme confidence from the press outlet we think. Unless they're trying to cash in on the year's hot video game discussion point. Totally not...
News New Playstation Home Space From The Excellent Xi Team Around The Corner
Remember Xi? The alternative reality game that made Playstation Home a real living place to be
Yeah, it was awesome wasn't it? People always think we're being sarcastic when we talk about Home being awesome, but we think the developers and its audience are really starting to find their niche. There are a surprising number of people who spend a lot...
News Gitaroo Man Lives & Other Cult PSP Awesomeness Hits The Playstation Portable
Do you own a PSP? Chances are you have some investment in Playstation if you're visiting this site, so we're going to assume yes
Are you in Japan? Our website stats tracker suggests you're not (just 0.73% of our visitors come from the land of the rising sun). We guess we're just going to have to be content with being jealous than informative then...
News Playstation 3 Seconds Most "Active" Console Users List, Wii Bottoms It Out
Before we all get our fanboy knickers in a twist, let's provide some context
This chart - tracked by Nielsen - targets the number of active users per console for the first half of 2009. So basically, most people who are playing their consoles every day either own an XBOX 360 or Playstation 3. As you'll have noticed, the Wii sits way, way at the...
News Oh, Hello PS3 Slim; What Are You Doing On This Database?
This is a screenshot from French retailer Micromania's Product List
For those who want to cry and moan about the size of our images, we'll tell you that the screenshot lists "PLAYSTATION 3 Slim" in the product title row. That's right, PS3 Slim. Now, the first question that jumped to our lips was; why on Earth would a retailer list the PS3...
News New Heavy Rain Character To Be Shown At GamesCom
Many of us assumed it would we'd be seeing a new character at GamesCom when Quantic Dream confirmed they would show one Heavy Rain character at a time
Madison was last year. Jayden was earlier in this year. With GamesCom just around the corner, Quantic Dream are readying themselves to reveal the next character in their psychological thriller, Heavy...
News Amazon List LittleBigPlanet Game Of The Year Edition, Then Remove It Again
A cheeky wandering eye from an IGN reporter has discovered the listing for the Game Of The Year edition of Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet
The listing has now been removed, but the boxart was recovered by the reporter which teases $30 of extra content. The IGN report also suggests the pricing of the game was at $49.99 ($10 cheaper than a typical US...
News Fat Princess Patch Live In The US, Hitting The UK Next Week
Hey America, Fat Princess now works
At least that's what we've heard from people in the region who have downloaded the latest game-fixing patch for the title. The patch is designed to improve server stability, reduce lag, and fix a few bugs. Europe are to get the patch sometime next week (presumably the rigorous SCEE quality control policy is...
News Check Out This Interview With Heavy Rain's Guillaume de Fondaumiere
Heavy Rain sounds more and more ambitious everytime we hear about it
Without really giving away anything new, in this interview executive producer for Heavy Rain Guillaume de Fondaumiere talks candidly about the experience and the game's influences. Citing something like The Silence In The Lambs as an influence gets us all excited. Not only was that...
News Trophies Might Be Heading To Metal Gear Solid 4 Afterall
Hear this Metal Gear Solid fans: Kojima Productions know you want trophies
As part of the latest Kojima Productions podcast, the company talk a little bit about the word on every MGS-avid's lips; trophies."I just wanna tell everybody out there right now that your voices are being heard and that we're not ignoring you. We hear everything that...
News Tecmo Koei Show Interest In Sony's Playstation Motion Controllers
Talking about Sony's Playstation Motion Controllers, Tecmo Koei honcho, Kenji Matsubara, reckons that there is certainly a potential to look at how the controllers could work in something like Ninja Gaiden
Until then, he wants to see how the casual games work:"I'm sure that for casual games these motion controls will be very popular, but for...
News This Microsft Advert Really Reminds Us Of Something, We Can't Quite Put Our Fingers On It
Watch this ad-campaign
It's for Microsoft's XBOX 360. We're busting our guts trying to think what it reminds us of but we can't... Oh yes, that's right! This is the LittleBigPlanet theme they're running over their suspiciously similar marketing campaign. Now to be honest, this song is by The Go Team and was licensed by Sony for use in...
News Sony Trademark "P.S. Thanks", Potential Reward Scheme Likely
A Kotaku discovered trademark seems to hint at the possibility of a Playstation based reward scheme akin to Nintendo's Club Nintendo
The aptly titled "P.S. Thanks" hints at an "incentive rewards program geared toward quantifying, identifying and motivating top consumer base with the goal of promotion and sale of video game hardware...
News This Is Your Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Boxart
Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction is one of our favourite Playstation 3 games to date
We've beaten countless times and we just can't wait for Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time to ramp up the story. Insomniac have showcased the game's boxart today. It's darn attention grabbing we think. We can't wait to see where the story takes Ratchet...
News Fancy Watching The Entire Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Comic-Con Panel
Hardcore Uncharted fans should know that this Comic-Con 2009 panel featuring Nolan North and the real person [Emily Rose] behind Elena (swoons), is packed with anecdotes from the creation of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
With the game now agonisingly close to release, we can't wait to see how the story unfolds.
News VidZone Secure The World Premiere Of The New Prodigy Track
The Prodigy's latest video "Take Me To The Hospital" will debut exclusively on the Playstation 3's VidZone service
The European on-demand music video app for Playstation 3 has already secured an exclusive video from U2 and this latest from The Prodigy really showcases the app picking up steam. The video should be live now so if you haven't checked...
News Playstation 3 VidZone App Passes One Million Downloads
We believe congratulations are in order for the fine folks at VidZone
Their excellent on-demand music video service has already topped the one million downloads mark, despite only being available in Europe. In addition to the one million downloads, 100 million videos have been streamed via the service, numbers not to be scoffed at. Alas, we can't...
Feature Why Choose The Sony PSP Go?
Ever since E3 2009, we've been approached by a number of people all hampered with the question, "Why should I buy the PSP Go?" In this piece, we'll look at the reasons for choosing the PSP Go over its older brother the PSP-3000, and discuss the platforms strengths and possible weaknesses
The Portable Platform The Playstation Portable was named just...
News PSP Trophies Not Quite Dead In The Water, "Under The Discussion"
It was a case of pirate party pooping earlier in the year when Sony's Eric Lempel claimed trophies were flatout not happening on the PSP due to piracy
Thankfully, an interview with Shu Yoshida is much less decisive, claiming that trophies are "under discussion" for the platform but there "are some challenges". We think trophies...
News The Telegraph Pitch Playstation 3 Slim At ?260
With all the rumours about the Playstation 3 Slim circling the Internet, it was only a matter of time before the mainstream press started to pick up on the details
In this case, The Telegraph who are reporting (via DigiTimes) that Sony have ordered enough parts to make a million Playstation 3s in the third quarter of this year; that's twice as many...
News Gran Turismo PSP Pre-Order Items Revealed
If you were planning on preordering Gran Turismo PSP (we're getting a digitial copy so erm, how do you preorder a digital game?) then you might like to know that there are some bonus cars and colours available as a reward for your troubles
We're not too hot on car manufacturers and types but the Playstation Blog do a very good job of explaining...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Being Phased Out In Australia Too
It seems like the 80GB Playstation 3 isn't just getting discontinued in Japan, but Australia too according to Kotaku
They claim to have spoken to several retail sources, all of whom agree that stock of the 80GB Playstation 3 in the region is painfully low. If Sony are to introduce a new SKU or platform (like the rumoured PS3 Slim), they'll need to...
News Sony Scrap Wipeout HD Advertising Due To Fan Reaction
Never say Sony don't care about their fans
Following some bad responses from fans of Wipeout HD regarding the inclusion of advertising on the game's loading screens, Sony have pulled the feature."The ad has been removed from [span.tagautolink autolink]WipEout HD", a Sony rep told Eurogamer, "and we are investigating the situation to...
News Fat Princess Patch Incoming Quicker Than A Waddling Princess
Fat Princess is a great game
We said so in our review. Problem is, it's kind of unplayable right now. We've been trying to hop on to the game for two days and the multiplayer has just been broken. Thankfully a patch has reached its testing stage and will probably hit the public soon. Developers Titan Studios have detailed the fixes the patch deals...
